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#4293BF

#4293bf ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4293bf is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 57.65% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.45% cyan, 23.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 201.12°, with 49.41% saturation and 50.39% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.16:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.1.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2579

Complementary

  1. #4293bf
  2. #bf6e42

Split complementary

  1. #4293bf
  2. #bf4254
  3. #bfac42

Analogous

  1. #42bfac
  2. #4293bf
  3. #4254bf

Triadic

  1. #4293bf
  2. #bf4293
  3. #93bf42

Tetradic

  1. #4293bf
  2. #6e42bf
  3. #bf6e42
  4. #93bf42

Square

  1. #4293bf
  2. #ac42bf
  3. #bf6e42
  4. #54bf42

Monochromatic

  1. #1a3c4e
  2. #2e6787
  3. #4293bf
  4. #7bb4d2
  5. #b4d4e6

Shades

#4293bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4293bf
  2. #3b84ac
  3. #357699
  4. #2e6786
  5. #285873
  6. #214a60
  7. #1a3b4c
  8. #142c39
  9. #0d1d26
  10. #070f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#4293bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4293bf
  2. #559ec5
  3. #68a9cc
  4. #7bb3d2
  5. #8ebed9
  6. #a1c9df
  7. #b3d4e5
  8. #c6dfec
  9. #d9e9f2
  10. #ecf4f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4293bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4293bf
  2. #4891b9
  3. #4e8fb2
  4. #558dac
  5. #5b8ba6
  6. #618aa0
  7. #678899
  8. #6d8693
  9. #74848d
  10. #7a8286
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #758ea2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e92c1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d85be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009ea2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b92c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f8bbf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009aae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4293bf {
  color: #4293bf;
}
Background
.bg-4293bf {
  background-color: #4293bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4293bf {
  border: 2px solid #4293bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4293bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 147 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 49% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4293bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4293bf, #4254bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4293bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 147 191 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.10 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.21 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.43 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.84 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.76 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.05 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.91 #bd6c40 Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4293bf  rgb(66, 147, 191)  hsl(201, 49%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#bf6e42  rgb(191, 110, 66)  hsl(21, 49%, 50%)  Chocolate
#bf4293  rgb(191, 66, 147)  hsl(321, 49%, 50%)  Mulberry
#93bf42  rgb(147, 191, 66)  hsl(81, 49%, 50%)  Yellow Green